Accession number
MS W.43
Object title
A trew and perfecte roule.
Created
England, 1628
Binding
17th-century round leather case, gold tooled with acorn motifs.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
1 scroll (5 sections attached end to end) : vellum, ill. ; 150 x 3655 mm.
Provenance
Purchased by Julia Parker Wightman in 1969; JPW 6675; Julia Parker Wightman Bequest in 1994.
Notes
Ms. heraldic scroll; written and illuminated in England in 1628. Entitled: A Trew and Perfecte Roule of all Nobilitie of England...since the tyme of William the Conquerer, as those that are of later Creations...in ANNO 1628.
Decoration: 138 coats of arms in colors and gold. Title inscribed within a cartouche.
Decoration: 138 coats of arms in colors and gold. Title inscribed within a cartouche.
Script
cursive
Language
English
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